Researchers Seek Cause Of Dolphin Deaths In Gulf

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March 31, 1994

GALVESTON, TEXAS — An ''alarming'' number of dead dolphins have been washing up on Texas Gulf Coast beaches, prompting researchers Wednesday to try to determine why nearly as many dolphins were found dead there in the first three months of this year as in all of 1993. At least 134 dead dolphins have washed ashore along northern Texas Gulf Coast beaches, including 50 in the past week, causing alarm among scientists, said Graham Worthy, director of the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network.